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"1*" MACHINE isoitCUTTING` WooDiNTo sHREDs AND oniiviriive :i To allwhom `t mag/concern.; y

UNITED lSTATES PATENT OFFICE 1.. EDWIN K. nRowNiNG; oEUTioA, `NEW YORK.

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THEM Eon MATTRESS f spcicaiienbf Letters Parent NQ. s,a `17 ,`dafedquiy15, 1851.

Be known "thatl, `IlnwiNfli. BiiowNiNG, of the city of` Utica, county ofOneida, and

State' ofV NewYorlr, fhave invented a new and useful `machine andimprovements [for making from soliidlpieces of wood anarticle suitablefor stuffing or filling cushions, mat` tresses, &c., `to be used as` asubstitutefor` hair and other substances heretofore used A4for thatpurpose. f

`This machine and improvements are described `as follows, referencebeing hadvto the annexed drawings `ofit and of its differ-` ent` partsmaking part of thisspecification-`` Figure l, is a front endview of,`the ma-`` i chinefready `for operation, representing `the splitters andplane :drawn up ready `to `descend upon the edge ofthe board from whichthe split shaving `is to-be taken,also show-` f l. ing the positionofthe balance wheel I and of theloose and driving pulleys K K', and

showing on the sideof the machine the cam and eccentric wheelL, thefeeding rod M and `primary feeding `wheel O` and on the back ofthemachines, three geared `feeding 'wheels 'Q,R, R'i and the feeding blockT.

Fig. 2, is a side View of the machine representing that part of theframewhich conl tains the `board tohbe operated upon andthe block T to"drive "it up to the splitters and plane, this iscalled the feedingblock, this figure alsorepresents the shaft P,.which connectsthe`prima-ry, feeding wheel O with the rst `gearedwheel` on the back `ofthe .-inachine, and it `also represents the two screws S S' which areworked by twogeared wheels 'which are most fully representedin Fig.8."m"

Fig. 43` is a representation lof the lower part of the back of the frameofthe mai' chineshowingtwogeared wheels R, R' on thefeeding screws S,S', ,and theiriconnection through the intermediate geared `wheel Q withthe primaryfeeding wheel O` and feeding rod M, and also showing thefeeding block Tte-which are attached the screws 1 l lletter` A, isupright and 1s placed upon a.`

S, Si.` y The cam'and eccentric wheel L, the rod M, the wheel O, thegeared wheelsQ,R, R', the screws S,"S, and-the block Tare` all contrivedand adjusted tobring the board upto the splitterspand plane at theproper moment and the properdistance, hence they are termed feeding.

and afterward permitsitto spring upinto theshoulder n, whereby theprimary feeding wheel() is caused to move slightly, which motion iscommunicated to the geared wheels Q., R, R', which turn the screws S,S', and

thus the feeding bloclrT forces forward the `board to be split andplaned, a distance equal to the thickness of the neXt cutting.

ing iron d.

to prevent` strips from passing out ofthe fcrimpingfbox in between theedge of the plane and the edge of the board which is to `be split and aplaned. 1` i made of iron, steel, or any other suitablema-y terial ofsuitable size and strength, and `ci `any number ofsplitters, dependinglupon the length and breadth of fto be split andplaned.

combinations and arrangements of mechanifboX and from thence dischargedby their iownpressureina state `it tobe used as a" Stuiiing for`mattresses, `cushions and other. articles, the strips being flat, andcan be `@taken from the hardest of "wood land are linore `thinandelastic than the round shred.

1or shavingfand may `be made narrow` or 3w1de as desired.

i `Similar let-tersare usedin the several,

lfigures to designate the same parts.

The frame of the machine,`see Fig. l,

stand A', `raised suificiently `from the floor .to` prevent the stuiiingfrom accumulating" `around the splitters and plane. To the front y 1g.`.'is'a side view of the frame or stock 1E containing the spliters a andthe plan-M `the edgeof theplane ironand the holder `a n Fig. is a topviewofthe stoel:` E show!V ,mg the ends of the splitters and` of theplane` `The nature of my invention and improve` ments consists incertain new and ,useful4 the edge of the boardedge of `this uprightframe A, Fig. 1,- are" `fastened two waysB, B, on which the cross head Cand carriage Dwork, on thelower `side of this `cross head and formingpart of it, is; acastiron carriage D on to whichE fastened the 'stock E,this stock E isI well represented in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 and to these Iwill now refer. In this stock E are the splitters a, the number and sizeof which depend upon the breadth of the edge of the board to be splitand the size of the stuff desired. The ends of these splitters a and theplace for their insert-ion in the stock E are seen in Figs. and 7 andthe points of the splitters a are seen pro-jecting through the bottom ofthe frame in Fig. 6, these split-ters are made of separate pieces ofsteel, blunt at one end and sharpened at the other.

A separate aperture is made in stock E for vthem in which they arefastened by the screw e so that they can be taken out at pleasure to besharpened or replaced by others, Without destroying the end of themachine. Immediately behind these splitvters (see Fig. 5) is placed theplaning iron d which is a simple planing iron, andV its position andfirmness are regulated by the screw e. Directly in front of this planingiron (see Fig. 7 ),fis an opening in frame E provided with a lid f hungon centers g, g, this lid is made suiiiciently heavy to retain thestrips which are cut from the edge of the board until it is full, thusgiving that degree of resistance or pressure on each strip that it iscurled or crimped by the weight of the lid as fast and as soon as it iscut olf from the board, to force all these strips into this box, twoguards are placed on each side of the edge of the plane l1. h` (see Fig.6,) and to prevent any strips from forcing their way back between theedge of the plane and the edge of the board while the plane is passingup, 'at which time the board is not quite against the edge of the plane,a holder is provided which is marked i and has an arm marked y' theholder lies directly in front of the plaining iron and while the planeis takingv off the strip from the edge of the board, does not touch it,but when the plane is pressing up and back preparatory to ann othercutting, this cut off is thrown up and on to the edge o-f the planingiron, thus cutting off all opening between the edge of the planing ironand frame, until the splitters and planing iron begin to descend andthen it is thrown down and oif the plane by means of two pieces whichare seen in Fig. l, and to which ligure we will now refer for theresidue Iof the description, thus in Fig. 1 will be seen a long strip ofiron passing from the upper part of the carriage to the lower part ofthe carriage; this is marked k, and is provided with two notches 761ylf2 to hold the arm j of the cut olf z'. On the left side of the frame,are two projecting points or pins markedFl, F2.

We will now suppose the carriage, with the frame, splitters and plane upand ready to descend to take off that part of the edge of the boardwhich shall be split by the precomes in contact with the projectingpoint F and is thrown up and on to the planing iron, and is held firmlyin that position by the catch is on the iron 7c and there retained whilethe carriage, splitters and plane ascend, carrying with them arm y', butjust as they reach the eXtreme point of ascent, the arm j comes incontact with the projecting point or pin F and is thrown down and offthe planing iron, the arm j'being thrown into notch k2 and held firmlythere until it descends as far as the projecting point F2 when it isagain drawn back on to the plane and into notch 7c. To the cross head Con. the upper side is attached the pitman G which is moved by the crankH at one end of which is attached the balance wheel' I and at the otherend on shaft J, is the driving pulley K, and loose pulley K; it is fromthis driving pulley that motion is communicated to the entire machine;be-

tween the driving pulley K and the frame which is represented in theannexed draw-A ing by the letter m; the cam to which we have referred,is represented detached from the shaft by Fig. 4C; it will be observedthat this cam wheel is also an eccentric having its greatest diameterjust at the shoulder n; when the cam and rod are both in place on thestarting of the machine, the end of the rod is up on the shoulder n-asthe splitters and plane pass down over the edge of the board, the camrevolves gradually bringing its greatest diameter to bear upon the endof the rod and then pushing it down so that just before the splittersand plane reach the eXtreme point of their ascent, the rod is thrustdown` as far as the eccentric cam wheel will drive it. Now on looking atthe lower end of the feeding rod M, it will be seen that it has attachedto it, friction jaws N, which hold the primary feeding wheel O, thesejaws, it will be seen, open as the rod M is thrust down, but closetightly when the rod is elevated, so that when the eccentric cam wheelL, thrusts down the rod M, the jaws open and pass down and take hold ofthe circumference of wheel O lower down, at this moment the splittersand plane have reached the eXtreme point of their ascent, the cam wheelhas revolved so far that the rod has reached the shoulder n, and whenthe spring m on the rod forces it up into the shoulder, the upwardmotion of the rod causes the jaws N to close tightly on to wheel O `andmake that wheel move a distance equal to the depth of the shoulder n inthe cam and eccentric wheel L. Now wheel O is fastenedto the shaft 'Pwhich is seen most clearly in Fig.` 2, which is also the shaft of thegeared, intermediate feeding wheel Q which is seen best in Fig. 3, andthe wheelQ gears into two geared wheels R, R bot-h of which revolve' onand work forward and backward' the screws S, S, these screws arefastened to the top and bottom of the back of the feeding block T, tothis feeding block, the board to be split and planed `is fastenededgewise `by means of two `arms and screws 1f` t', the bottom of thefeeding blocks moves forward o-r backward in a` groove at the bottom ofthe frame `marked U, see Figs. 1 and 2, while'the top moves in the spaceformed bythe frame A as seen in Fig. 3, this feeding block moves forwarduntil the board is all cut into materials for stuffing and then movesbackward to receive another board. Now when motion :is given to wheel O,see Fig. 3, it is communicated by shaft P to wheel Q and thence to thetwo wheels R, R', which turns the screws S, S and thus push forward thefeeding block T and with it the board, a distance equal to the thicknessof the next split to be taken off. Inasmuch as it `would dull thesplitters and plane to have the board fed up upon them while they arebeing drawn up, the machine is so arranged, that the top of rod M doesnot reach the shoulder of the cam wheel L until both plane and splittersare drawn up high enough to cleave` the board-thcn the rod reaches theshoulder n, and by the force of springs m is forced upward closing thejaws N on to wheel O and causing therevolution which we have justdescribed as causing the feeding screws to ush forward the feeding blockT. Wheel O 1s preferred to a ratchet wheel, because if anythingshouldoccurby means of which ducing the article herein described.

and cutyin this way, it makes a diderent ar-` ticle from anythingheretofore used, and

muchvmore light, elastic and `durable-the i crimping is done as soon andas fast'asthe.

strip leaves the timber or board from which it is taken, by pressureagainst the throat of the plane, this pressure may be caused by variousways-as placing a` bar across the throat, butjthe weighted, movable lidf, `is

preferred because` it has sufficient weight to crimp andgat the sametime does not 'choke up and is self-discharging.

I do not claim the combination of fluted cutters with smooth cutters forthe purpose of makin this article, nor do I claim or use the lflute icutters at all, norv do I out the wood into` round threads, but, intoflat strips which are light and more elastic. Nor do I j `claimthearrangement of fluted and smooth cutters in the plane stock, nor theapparatus for holding timber and feeding it 'up to the plane as it hasheretofore been used and p'atented, but j W'hat I claim as my inventionand desire to secure by Letters Patent, isj The use of the "splitterswith the plane iron, and the holder i, and the movable weighted lid` for anything which is substantially the same combined and arrangedy inthe plane stock E for the purpose of pro- EDWIN K. BRowNING.

Witnesses: p

C. A. JOHNSON, i H. S. DANIELS.

